Earned California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) All-Mid-Empire Conference first-team honors in the Northern California Football Association (NCFA) at defensive end as a freshman at Diablo Valley Community College in Pleasant Hill, Calif. … Recorded 62 total tackles, 27.0 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, one interception and one forced fumble.

CHASE CHRISTIANSEN: LB, 6-2, 210, Stansbury High School

Was named the Region 11 and North Region 3AA Most Valuable Player and earned Utah Class 3AA first-team all-state honors from both the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News as a prep junior.

IAN TOGIAI: LB, 6-2, 210, Hunter High School

Recorded 5.0 sacks at linebacker during his senior season in 2012 at Hunter High School.

JOHN TAYLOR: DE, 6-3, 265, Riverside (Calif.) College

Earned California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) all-Central Conference second-team honors in the Southern California Football Association (SCFA) as a defensive end … Recorded 37 total tackles as a sophomore at Riverside City College. … Led the team with 7.5 sacks and 11.5 tackles for loss, to go along with two fumble recoveries.

Signing Day

EDMUND FAIMALO: DE, 6-3, 290, Riverside (Calif.) College

Earned California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) first-team all-state, first-team all-Region IV and first-team all-Central Conference honors in the Southern California Football Association (SCFA) as a sophomore at Riverside (Calif.) City College as he recorded 27 tackles (10-solo, 17-assist) during the season, including 1.5 tackles for loss, to go along with two fumble recoveries and one quarterback hurry … played his freshman season at Sacramento State (FCS).

CHRIS UNGA: DT, 6-1, 265, Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) High School

Named the Inland Valley's Defensive Most Valuable Player and was a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) and all-Baseline League first-team selection as a linebacker as a prep senior at Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) High School … Recorded 50 total tackles as part of five ackles for loss and four sacks.

JOE TUKUAFU: TE, 6-4, 240, East High School

Earned Utah Class 4A first-team all-state honors at wide receiver by the Deseret News and honorable mention all-state honors by the Salt Lake Tribune as a prep senior at East High School … Caught 37 passes for 706 yards with eight touchdowns.

LANDON HORNE: TE, 6-3, 240, Snow College

Had 39 catches for 406 yards (10.4 ypr) with five touchdowns during his freshman season at Snow College, leading the team in each category.

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We are happy to
get Tukuafu and Curtis as Aggies, too bad utes could not close the deal.

The utes are horrible in the pac10.2 and would have no chance in the MWC
either.

12:20 p.m. Feb. 5, 2014

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Las Vegas Aggie

Logan, Utah

I hope this is the kind of class that will keep the Aggie ball rolling, it feels
good right now. To get a couple away for the "U" that has made
this little class a little more special as well. Maybe the PAC 12 doesn't
carry as much
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11:10 a.m. Feb. 5, 2014

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RSLfanalways

West Valley, UT

"Just goes to show that even a "small fish in a big pond" like Utah
is still BIGGER than a "big fish in s small pond) like WAC usu".

The small fish in the big pond will be eaten, while the big fish in the
small pond
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